the my-life-is-worse game
when you're telling someone about a problem you're having, and they respond by telling you about how your life is fine because THEIR life is much worse for various reasons.
sarah couldn't ever talk to catie about her problems because she would always plat the my-life-is-worse game.
Sarah: my mother made me clean my entire house yesterday.
Catie: oh yeah? well my mother made me clean the whole house, and then mow the lawn.
Sarah: my mother made me clean my entire house yesterday.
Catie: oh yeah? well my mother made me clean the whole house, and then mow the lawn.